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1 chicken feed
chick.en feed[tʃ'ikin fi:d] n Amer coll 1 pouco dinheiro. 2 coisa à toa. 3 quirera.————————chicken feedsl mixaria, pouco dinheiro. -
2 feed
[fi:d] 1. past tense, past participle - fed; verb1) (to give food to: He fed the child with a spoon.) alimentar2) ((with on) to eat: Cows feed on grass.) alimentar-se2. noun(food especially for a baby or animals: Have you given the baby his feed?; cattle feed.) comida- fed up* * *[fi:d] n 1 alimento, pasto, forragem. 2 alimentação, nutrição. 3 coll comida, refeição, ração, sustento. 4 Mech alimentação, avanço, mecanismo alimentador. 5 suprimento. 6 carga de arma de fogo. • vt+vi (ps e pp fed) 1 alimentar, nutrir, dar de comer a, comer. they fed me with promises / eles embalaram-me com vãs promessas. 2 sustentar, dar sustento a, manter. 3 pastar, fazer pastar o gado, apascentar(-se) o gado. 4 engordar, fazer-se gordo, cevar. 5 Mech alimentar. 6 suprir, abastecer. 7 distribuir (forragem). 8 deleitar, apascentar. I fed my eyes on / regalei os meus olhos com. 9 nutrir, satisfazer (desejo, inclinação, etc.). 10 nutrir, inspirar, instigar. 11 viver, nutrir-se. 12 Comp alimentar: suprir o material a ser operado por um computador. a mouth to feed boca para alimentar. chicken feed sl mixaria, pouco dinheiro. off one’s feed sem apetite. to bite the hands that feeds ser mal-agradecido. to feed a machine alimentar uma máquina. to feed high comer regaladamente. to feed out of someone’s hand comer pela mão de alguém. to feed up cevar, empachar.
См. также в других словарях:
chicken feed — {n.}, {slang} A very small sum of money. * /John and Bill worked very hard, but they were only paid chicken feed./ * /Mr. Jones is so rich be thinks a thousand dollars is chicken feed./ … Dictionary of American idioms
chicken feed — {n.}, {slang} A very small sum of money. * /John and Bill worked very hard, but they were only paid chicken feed./ * /Mr. Jones is so rich be thinks a thousand dollars is chicken feed./ … Dictionary of American idioms
chicken feed — chicken .feed n [U] an amount of money that is so small that it is almost not worth having ▪ The bank offered to lend us £1,000 but that s chicken feed compared to what we need … Dictionary of contemporary English
chicken feed — chicken ,feed noun uncount INFORMAL an amount of money that is too small to be satisfactory … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
chicken feed — [n] small amount of money coins, nickles and dimes*, paltry sum, peanuts*, pin money*, pocket money, small change, small potatoes*, spending money; concept 340 … New thesaurus
chicken feed — ► NOUN informal ▪ a paltry sum of money … English terms dictionary
chicken feed — ☆ chicken feed n. Slang an insignificant sum of money … English World dictionary
Chicken Feed — For the novel, see Chickenfeed. Chicken Feed Directed by Robert A. McGowan Charles Oelze Produced by Hal Roach Written by Hal Roach H. M. Walker … Wikipedia
chicken feed — noun 1. dry mash for poultry • Syn: ↑scratch • Hypernyms: ↑mash 2. an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
chicken\ feed — noun slang A very small sum of money. John and Bill worked very hard, but they were only paid chicken feed. Mr. Jones is so rich be thinks a thousand dollars is chicken feed … Словарь американских идиом
chicken feed — also chickenfeed N UNCOUNT If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chicken feed. I was making a million a year, but that s chicken feed in the pop business. Syn: peanuts … English dictionary
